Winning Percentage : 1933 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1933 Winning Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bud Tinning .684 (.68421) Chicago Cubs 1
Ben Cantwell .667 (.66667) Boston Braves 2
Carl Hubbell .657 (.65714) New York Giants 3
Heinie Meine .652 (.65217) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Guy Bush .625 (.62500) Chicago Cubs 5
Roy Parmelee .619 (.61905) New York Giants 6
Hal Schumacher .613 (.61290) New York Giants 7
Tex Carleton .607 (.60714) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Charlie Root .600 (.60000) Chicago Cubs 9
Freddie Fitzsimmons .593 (.59259) New York Giants 10
Bill Swift .583 (.58333) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Larry French .581 (.58065) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Lon Warneke .581 (.58065) Chicago Cubs  
Ed Brandt .563 (.56250) Boston Braves 14
Bill Hallahan .552 (.55172) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Dizzy Dean .526 (.52632) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Fred Frankhouse .516 (.51613) Boston Braves 17
Van Mungo .516 (.51613) Brooklyn Dodgers  
Huck Betts .500 (.50000) Boston Braves 19
Steve Swetonic .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Larry Benton .476 (.47619) Cincinnati Reds 21
Bill Walker .474 (.47368) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Cy Moore .471 (.47059) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Ownie Carroll .464 (.46429) Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Ed Holley .464 (.46429) Philadelphia Phillies  



Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.